A photo of an unknown baby and girl - Holding Baby's Hand, Even If You Have To Bend It. I'm not sure of the person or date, a photo from the family albums. forgotten but appreciated.
My grandfather met my grandmother when they were in grade school (1905 or so). He came home one day and told his mother that he'd met the girl he wanted to marry when he grew up. When she asked him how he knew that now, he said it was because she was the only girl in class whose stockings weren't ever wrinkled. :)
It still is in the family's album - but they don't know who they are! Still loved and cherished, but unknown. I know that pain since I have some of those photos.
Yes, it is from my family along with quite a few others. At my sister's house, and we do love them. Remember, ask the old folks NOW before they are gone, who is in the photos!
I have a photo of my grandfather in a dress like the child on the buggy. He was born in 1902. The photo shows him in long blond curls, and was the bane of his life.
I got a photo from my father in law who said the people in the photo was family but he didn't know who they were. (He really did know but wanted to see what I would do). I looked at the tree I did and there was only one family that fit the parents with 2 boys and 2 girls. The little boy was his dad!
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...